Review on microbial fuel cells applications, developments and costs

JV Boas, VB Oliveira, M Simões, AMFR Pinto - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has attracted significant attention in the last years
due to its potential to recover energy in a wastewater treatment. The idea of using an MFC in …

Selective enrichment of biocatalysts for bioelectrochemical systems: a critical review

P Chatterjee, P Dessì, M Kokko, AM Lakaniemi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial electrochemical technologies (MET), also known as bioelectrochemical systems
(BES), use microorganisms as biocatalysts to recover valuable resources like bioelectricity …

Enrichment of Clostridia enhances Geobacter population and electron harvesting in a complex electroactive biofilm

C Rivalland, F Radouani, S Gonzalez-Rizzo, F Robert… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current research on microbial fuel cell or microbial electrolysis cell dealt with finding new
electroactive bacteria and understanding the mechanisms of electronic exchange. Complex …

Microbial fuel cell with high content solid wastes as substrates: a review

Q Zhao, H Yu, W Zhang, FT Kabutey, J Jiang… - … Science & Engineering, 2017 - Springer
With the increasing concern about the serious global energy crisis and high energy
consumption during high content solid wastes (HCSWs) treatment, microbial fuel cell (MFC) …

Meta-analysis of operational performance and response metrics of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) fed with complex food waste

H Zafar, S Ishaq, N Peleato, D Roberts - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reports on a meta-analysis covering the impact of design and operating factors on
published MFC performance data to inform MFC research and implementations. Factors of …

Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity

Y Asensio, E Mansilla… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Springer
Experimental work carried out in this work has investigated the scale-up of microbial fuel cell
(MFC) technology by studying the stacking of single microbial fuel cells, paying attention to …

A review of the role of pre-treatment on the treatment of food waste using microbial fuel cells

H Zafar, N Peleato, D Roberts - Environmental Technology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Food waste is primarily managed by incineration or disposal in landfills. These current
management methods can result in adverse environmental effects, are expensive, and do …

Urban wastewater oxidation by bioelectrochemical systems: To what extent does the inoculum matter?

V Larzillière, F de Fouchécour, C Bureau, T Bouchez… - …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems offer an environmental-friendly alternative to activated sludge
for future wastewater treatment but have not yet reached technological maturity. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesizing developments in the usage of solid organic matter in microbial fuel cells: A review

S Wang, A Adekunle, B Tartakovsky… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are a prominent feature in renewable and sustainability
literature due to their wide range of potential uses. MFCs have found applications in power …

Study of a pilot scale microbial electrosynthesis reactor for organic waste biorefinery

JH Tian, R Lacroix, AA Yaqoob, C Bureau, C Midoux… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbial electrochemical technologies now enable microbial electrosynthesis (MES) of
organic compounds using microbial electrolysis cells handling waste organic materials. An …